Presented by APHL in collaboration with the Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental
Disease, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
DESCRIPTION
This hands-on workshop on the identification of medically important molds includes both lectures and laboratory components. This workshop will cover a range of organisms commonly isolated from superficial, subcutaneous and systemic infections of humans as well as a number of common laboratory contaminants. These organisms will include hyaline molds, dematiaceous molds, endemic molds, dermatophytes and mucormycetes. A short introduction to common yeast will be included. Methods for in- vitro susceptibility testing will also be discussed.
AUDIENCE
This basic-level workshop is intended for persons who have little to no experience in the identification of medically important molds. These persons may include public health laboratorians, clinical laboratory microbiologists, medical laboratory sciences, infectious disease physicians and pathologists.
OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of the program, the participant will be able to:
- Categorize molds in a way that allows clinicians to begin empiric therapy
- Identify the multiple fungi, based on macroscopic and microscopic examination
- Discuss the basics of setting up a diagnostic mycology laboratory, including media requirements, acceptable specimens and result reporting
FACULTY
- Elizabeth Berkow, PhD, D(ABMM), team lead, Laboratory Assay Readiness (LASR) Office
- Ana Litvintseva, PhD, laboratory team lead, Mycotic Diseases Branch
- Shawn Lockhart, PhD, D(ABMM), senior advisor, Mycotic Diseases Branch
- Luisa Lopez, MS, microbiologist, Mycotic Disease Branch
- Lars F. Westblade, PhD, D(ABMM), medical director, Clinical Microbiology, Weill Cornell Medical Center
ACCESIBILITY
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals seeking special accommodations must email a request to Ashton Blair at least three weeks prior to the workshop’s start date.
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